The American concept of family has undergone profound transformations over the past decades.

Today, more and more lesbians and gay men are overcoming societal barriers by fulfilling their desire to become parents. While the data on the subject of gay families is scarce, a 1992 study in the December issue of Child Development reported an estimate of between 6 and 14 million children living in roughly 4 million homes of gay parents in the United States.